I Formed A Band

🎸 I Formed A Band is a podcast that talks to people who formed bands about the part before they got famous: why did they do it, what did it take and what was life like then?

👬It’s hosted by Eddie Argos, who formed a band called Art Brut and sings a song called Formed A Band; and Joe Sparrow, who did not form a band, but probably should have done.

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Season 1

We had joy, we had fun, we had Season 1 in the sun (actually we recorded over like a whole year ‘cos we were really disorganised). Click on an episode below to listen to it!

I Formed A Band

I Formed A Band is a podcast that talks to people who formed bands about the part before they got famous: why did they do it, what did it take to get there, and what was life like when they were forming a band?

It’s hosted by Eddie Argos, who formed a band called Art Brut and sings a song called Formed A Band; and Joe Sparrow, who did not form a band, but probably should have done.

There’s a huge, secret story behind every successful band: a heady mix of ambition, desperation, perseverance, daydreams, sleeping on sofas, surviving hangovers in the back of a Transit van, and dumb luck. That’s what this podcast is about.

(And it’s also about compiling The Argos Catalogue: a comprehensive collection of Eddie’s various stories of meeting members of the Wu-Tang Clan in a lift, or singing Half Man Half Biscuit songs with Liam Gallagher, etc)

We love hearing from you – if you’ve got a question for Eddie, send us an email to eddieandjoe@iformedaband.com

Oh, also sign up to our email newsletter here – we’ll send you the latest episodes first, and some bonus podcast bits (maybe).

[The ace photo of Eddie in the main image is by the very talented Nessiahuu]

Ep. 6: In our most faeces-tastic episode yet, we once again read out a mixture of ABSOLUTELY REAL and QUITE DUBIOUS listener letters to try to capture the life, times and tribulations of the lah-di-dah indie gad-about-town Eddie Argos.

We’re aiming to document the life, times and tribulations of Eddie Argos – and boy did we find out some… surprising and turd-adjacent stuff. In this episode, Eddie:

> RECALLS when he had shit thrown at him by the band Selfish Cunt outside Buckingham Palace;
> SUDDENLY REMEMBERS that he has already written a musical;
> PROPOSES a coast-to-coast Roman road walk TV show with Half Man Half Biscuit;
> CRINGES at the time he sort-of ghosted Lawrence from Felt/Denim;
> MUSES on another of Eddie’s terrible jobs (as a postman);
> REVEALS his favourite band that’s named after an animal;
> GASPS as ChatGPT manages to spookily read Eddie’s mind.

There’s also a bonus section which is a very Indie music Would You Rather? quiz.
Send your own questions for Eddie via eddieandjoe@iformedaband.com! They’ll probably get answered by him!

Here are links to *some of* the stuff mentioned in the podcast but if you want all the good links you’ll have to subscribe to our mailing list at https://www.iformedaband.com/newsletter/ :

Horse shit/Buckingham Palace: https://drownedinsound.com/news/9959-doherty-and-selfish-c-nt-in-buckingham-brawl

Listener Kendall’s blog: KENDALLLACEY.COM

Animals That Swim – Faded Glamour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR32O2vXLHQ

Buff Medways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOo7DepCd9w

Half Man Half Biscuit – “National Shite Day” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARbRMQJGkIc